Total credits: 480

Entry requirements:

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Examinations Committee of the Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Languages and Related Studies

Programme specification:

The programme will:

- form part of Leeds' excellent range of choices for students offered alongside the University's portfolio of Joint Honours programmes with Russian;- offer an unparalleled variety of aspects of Russian and Slavonic culture; - foster deep language learning and the development of active language skills;- enable the study of subjects ranging from the more traditional literature and history courses to such innovative and topical courses as 'The Encounter between Orthodoxy and Islam' and 'Russian Media';- provide an opportunity to begin additional Slavonic languages;- require students to spend a year in Moscow on a specially designed course, so as to develop their linguistic competence, cultural awareness and broaden their horizons;- enable the students to develop important transferable skills for today's graduate market, whilst tailoring the content of the programme to their own interests;- promote and develop critical and analytical skills, foster in the student the ability to direct their own learning and work independently.

Students must pass all the Russian Language modules in order to progress to the next level.

Elective modules:

Candidates will be required to study 40 credits of elective modules.

Candidates will be required to pass a minimum of 100 credits from the above lists of compulsory and optional modules, including those for which a pass is required for progression, in order to qualify for this award and/or progress to the compulsory Year Abroad.

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits of elective modules, which may be taken from the above list or outside the Department

Candidates will be required to pass a minimum of 100 credits from the above lists of compulsory and optional modules, including those for which a pass is required for progression, in order to qualify for this award and/or progress to programme level 3.

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits of elective modules, which may be taken from the above list or outside the Department

Candidates will be required to pass a minimum of 100 credits from the above lists of compulsory and optional modules, including those for which a pass is required for the award, in order to qualify for the award of Honours Degree.